THE REPTILES OF AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS, DISTRIBUTION MAPS AND INFORMATION
Covering Snakes and Lizards, Crocodiles and Turtles, including Colubrid snakes, Pythons, Elapids (called Cobras or Coral Snakes in some countries), Sea Snakes, File Snakes, Blind (or Worm) Snakes, Sea Turtles, Freshwater Turtles (or Tortoises) Dragon Lizards (Agamas), Gecko's, Legless Lizards, Monitor Lizards (often called Goanna's in Australia), Skinks and Crocodilia.

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A Listing of Australian Turtles,Tortoises and Sliders

ORDER: Testudines

FRESHWATER TURTLES
Family:Cheluidae
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Common Name (Internal Links)	Scientific Name (Subgenus in parentheses) (External Links)	Distribution (Distribution key and map at bottom of page)
*Sandstone Long-necked Turtle	Chelodina (Macrochelodina) burrunganjii (=walloyarrina)	NT,WA
*Cann's Long-necked Turtle	Chelodina (Chelodina) canni (was novaeguineae canni)	NT,Qld
Broad-Shelled River Turtle	Chelodina (Macrochelodina) expansa	NSW,Qld,SA,Vic
*Kutchling's Long-necked Turtle (see Northern Snake-Necked Turtle )	Chelodina (Macrochelodina) kutchlingi (no longer valid = synonymised with Chelodina oblonga)	WA
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle or Common Long-necked Tortoise	*Chelodina (Chelodina) longicollis	NSW,ACT,Qld,SA,Vic
*Oblong Turtle or Narrow-breasted Snake-necked Turtle	Chelodina (Macrodiremys) colliei (previously known as oblonga)	WA
*Northern Snake-Necked Turtle or Indonesian Snake-necked Turtle	Chelodina (Macrochelodina) oblonga (previously known as C. rugosa) (Also note C. oblonga was previously used for C. colliei )	NT,Qld,WA (New Guinea, Indonesia and Pitcairn?)
Flat-Shelled Turtle	*Chelodina (Chelodina) steindachneri	WA
New Guinea Long-necked Turtle	Chelodina (Chelodina) novaeguineae	NT,Qld
Southern Snapping Turtle or White-throated Snapping Turtle	Elseya albagula	Qld
Northern Snapping Turtle	Elseya dentata (=jukesi)	NT,Qld,WA
*Yellow-headed Snapping Turtle	Elseya irwini (=stirlingi)	Qld
*Gulf Snapping Turtle	Elseya lavarackorum	NT,Qld
*Mary River Turtle	Elusor macrurus	Qld
*Macquarie Turtle or Common Short-necked Turtle	Emydura macquarii	NSW,Qld,SA,Vic
Cooper creek turtle	Emydura macquarii emmotti	SA,Qld
Krefft's River Turtle	Emydura macquarii krefftii (=E. krefftii)	NSW(?),Qld
Brisbane Short-necked Turtle or Brisbane River Turtle	Emydura macquarii macquarii (= E. macquarii signata)	NSW,Qld
Fraser Island Short-neck Turtle	Emydura macquarii nigra	Qld
Jardine River Turtle or Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle	Emydura subglobosa subglobosa	Qld, New Guinea
Worrell's Short-Necked Turtle	Emydura subglobosa worrelli	NT
*Northern Yellow-faced Turtle	Emydura tanybaraga	NT,Qld
*Northern Red-faced Turtle and North-West Red-Faced Turtle	Emydura victoriae (= Emydura australis)	NT,WA
*Namoi River Snapping Turtle or Bell's Turtle	Myuchelys (was Wollumbinia & Elseya) bellii	NSW
*Bellinger River Snapping Turtle or Georges' Turtle	Myuchelys (was Wollumbinia & Elseya) georgesi	NSW
*Saw-Shelled Turtle	Myuchelys( was Wollumbinia & Elseya) latisternum (=dorsii)	NSW,NT,Qld
*Manning River Snapping Turtle or Purvis' Turtle	Myuchelys (was Wollumbinia & Elseya) purvisi	NSW
Western Swamp Turtle	Pseudemydura umbrina	WA
Fitzroy River Turtle	Rheodytes leukops	Qld

Sliders (INTRODUCED)
Family:Emydidae

Common Name

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Scientific Name
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Distribution

(Distribution key and map at bottom of page)

* Red-eared Slider - INTRODUCED

Trachemys scripta elegans

ACT,NSW,Qld (From USA, introduced into many countries)

PIG NOSED TURTLES
Family:Carettochelydidae

Common Name (Internal Links)	Scientific Name (Subgenus in parentheses) (External Links)	Distribution (Distribution key and map at bottom of page)
Pig Nosed or Pitted-Shelled Turtle	Carettochelys insculpta	NT, (New Guinea)

SEA TURTLES
Family: Cheloniidae

Note that although Sea Turtles may stray into or spend time in cooler water, the females must return to warmer climates to lay their eggs.

Common Name

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Scientific Name
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Distribution

(Distribution key and map at bottom of page)

Loggerhead Turtle

Caretta caretta

(All States)

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas japonica

(All States)

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata bissa

(NSW,NT,Qld,Tas,Vic)

Pacific Ridley Turtle

Lepidochelys olivacea

(NT,Qld?,WA,Vic, SA?)

Flatback Turtle

Chelonia depressa

(NSW,NT,Qld,WA)

Leathery or Luth Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

(All States)

LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE
Family: Dermochelyidae

Common Name (Internal Links)	Scientific Name (Subgenus in parentheses) (External Links)	Distribution (Distribution key and map at bottom of page)
Leathery or Luth Turtle	Dermochelys coriacea	(All States)